The incidence of suicide in University students in England and Wales 2000/2001–2016/2017: Record linkage study

There are growing concerns about the mental health and risk of suicide amongst university students. To investigate trends in the incidence and characteristics of university student suicides in England & Wales for the academic years 2000/01 to 2016/17. Record linkage between Office for National Statistics mortality data and Higher Education Statistics Agency data for England and Wales. Poisson regression and chi-squared tests were used to...